New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-13
OFF IN A SPANKING BREEZE.
SUCCESSFUL START or TIE YACHTS.
THE CORONET LEADING IN THE GREAT
OCEAN RACE.
FOLLOWED CLOSELY ny THE DAUNTIEss AT FIRST
HOW THE GREAT CONTEST WAS BEGUN
CROWDS WATCHING THE SWIFT

| FOLLOWED CLOSELY ny THE DAUNTLESS AT FIRST
| HOW THE GREAT CONTEST WAS BEGUN
| CROWDS WATCHING THE SWIFT
VESSELS GET AWAY.
| The much-talkcd-of ocean race between the
| Danntless and the C0ronet began yesterday under
clear sky and with nlpping breeze. The gale OF
Friday. instead Of turning to al Old-fasbioncd
| northeaster. ms many weather-wise yachtsmen
had predicted, bore away point two 10 the west
ward and blew steady breeze across and down the
bay, rnfng the inner harbOr into whte-oaps and
driving the big blllows beyond in white foam on
the cnrve off Sandy Hook After the fogs and calms
of the Americas Cup races, nothing could have
been more exhilaratng and delightful. The rival
schooners beat about for an hour OF two of Staten
! Island, under short sail eager and inpatient.
The Ncw-York Yacht Gibbs judges boat was
on hand promptly at the hour set for starting, and
/ scarcely ten minutes after the appointed time the
! stately Coronet ran across the imaginary Owls
Head line aud the big sweepstakes race was opened
/ The Dauntess trim and graceful, with taller
masts and slighter canvas, followed and under the
/ stiff wind, which belIied ont the white sails TIL
| thev looked like swollen lyers" in the
distance, the two schooners plunged and
tore down through the NaTOws, past Sandy
Hook and the Sandy Hook Lightshp. and thence
out steadily toward the Newfoundland Banks and
the coveted harbor of Queenstown. The Coronet
D
and when last scen-sOme twcnty-iv miles from
New-York harbor--was steering dead east. with the
Daunticss in her track, mile and half behind
, her.
The nauntless was towed down from East
Twenty ehih-st. 10 Owls Head about 1880 a. M.
The Coronct was already lying OF Tomp pkInsve,
and by noon the two rivals were scuddng about
the upper harbcr, irving their sails and manGuy-
ring for good windward positions from which TO
make the start No better weather could lave been
wished for The sea not rougn, though run
nIng ont ON n strong ebb tidc-rhc wind and the
yachts pointing with II. Only when the
gusts came a trife sudden and harder
were the scuppcrs buried in foam and
the decks splashcd with water. The keen
blasts indeed. went through ones bones but the
sun on the ccwarl side shonc brightly even for
March, and the sky the ccares; of blues and
quite c'oudlces Bay Ridge. ncarat hand, lay bare
and frozen. the trees sIll dead on the hills. the
fields cray aud chcerle-s. Across on Staten
Island the roofs aud s;ccple- of Tompkins-
yl!c showed clearly. and the hills, too. had lost
their soft purple outline Everything was clear
and hard the blac, wood. Of the heights, the dun
brown rimparts of Fort lompkln~, the sandy line
# beach against winch the muddy waters of the
Bay broke uoisiiy The gale had blown the air
pure as far A. Sandy Hook. which could be seen
stretching ont to stant scaward Ike dark line
Hcckcl with breakers The breeze It-c'f rose and
fell half-hourv, but AZ uo time fil short Of twenty
i've mlc, an hour
HOW TIr YACHTS LOOKED
The tue Luckcnbach. with the Ncn-Yorh Yacht
Cur5 Regatta Commute" aboard. of Per No. B.
East RIVER AZ noon precisely and moorcd on
Gowauus Bay at half-pi,t II. Here it waited TIL
he two schooucr- had as far up A. Bedlow's
Island nd thcn steamed over - give the judges
last chance for instructions. The nauntless was /
now standing to wndward far over toward the T
western channel. The Iuckcnbach made for her
first however, and picked the Coroner up on the I.
way back.
A. the tug ran close 10 the veteran racer. the /
Swedish IN blue Jackets mountcd The rigging .
and gave three cheers. 10 winch tine Luckcubach's R
passengers responded Caldwell II. Colt the owner .
uf the Danntlc-., vas aboard lie stood IN the .
stern dressed in pcaJlcsct with an orange and
black tob0ggaulng cap on hl, head and hl- legs IN
wat rproof boot, llc waved his hand vigorously .
10 his friends on the Luckeubach and called out .
some good byc-. john IL. Bird. the secretary /
Of the Ncw-York Yacht Cldb. had pushed .
his head and body ont of the conpani"nway to see
what was gong on. He, too, Notr boots almost To
hi4 wai4t, a ca.iackcf and a sailing cap. skipper
Same walked the deck IN blue uniform and .
regulation cap. h. schooner bore away quickly .
possible The Dauutles, carried only her lower
sails then her sloplng masts and trim narrow body
coming ont clearly IN contrast with the sun.
straight poles. and hcav y-lOokIug frame of her
rival. now standing mp to lccward OF her.
The Coronet was under shortened stl of course,
but ran by the Luckcnhach more quickly aud at
longer haIling distance Captain crosby could be
seen the deck. however aud near him }. "
Wmslow, hr Colts representative. Nh WmSIow
wore big light-c0loTrd Macintosh. and
waved adicus with an immense white
waterproof hat. There were more sailors
aboard the Coronct. aud their white suits
were far more snowy against the black of the boars
sides and the ycllowish yarnish of the deck. The
schooncrs bow. sharp and straight like pilot
boats took the water easily and the broad stern left
almost 10 wake behind it. The Coronct ran In to-
ward the Butcrmk Channel and came about few
minute, b fore ! O'Clock. The Dauntless followed
SUIT but stood further west and north
HE START.
At a. M. sharp the warning whistle was blown
from the judges ting. The Lnckenbach was sta
toned just of Owls Head and opposite Buoy No.
10. An imaginary starting line ran from the boat
to the buoy. and the regatta committee, MeSsrs.
Peabody. TAYLOR and Griswold, held their
watches for the two schooncrs To cross.
Tho Coronet, being nearer and running
under nearly full sall now, the
lopHdlH H'IHk iHl"NH slNuCHlS' 'p"i, "'""
nrst passing amid din of cheering ANA whlstllng
from the tug, near by. She took the wind strongly
and reached straight toward he western edge OF ,
the Narrows making toward the Outer Bay with
a speed which promised soon to leave the DauntieSs
and the whole convoy OF tugs oat OF sight. The
Coronets starting time. rs taken olhcIaily, was
1l2:l7 p. IN.
According to the agreement drawn up by the two
yacht-owncrs. no time allowance was to be made
and the Dauntlesss delay was Therefore 4 clear q
loss. Captain Samuols. II said dld not want ,
TO cross first. lie had counted on n waiting race
And as far friends could follow him. he had II.
He brought the Dauntess down to the line at
l:lG:15 p. IN, four minutes and twoDty-cight sec
onds later than the Coronot. The Dauntless' too ,
stood off toward Fort lompklns, and the heet of i
.ugs and steamers followed "